A wealthy donor to Nigel Farage and Reform UK was once a business partner of a powerful religious foundation in Iran, according to a new report. The foundation answers to the country’s supreme leader, which raises questions about the donor’s past dealings with Iran’s hardline government.
\n\nHossein Ghandehari, who also goes by Sasan, was little known in Britain until this summer. He then pledged to give millions to Reform UK and gave Farage £50,000 to pay for two passes to the World Economic Forum in Davos.
\n\nGhandehari, 61, is an Iranian-born British businessman. He says he runs a $10bn (£7bn) fund called HP Trust, though he has not explained how his family made its money. He has only said the fund owns assets in Europe and North America. He also says he is moving his tax residency from Switzerland to the UK so he can make regular payments to the party of more than “one or two million.”
\n\nThe Guardian reports that it found a French arbitration decision describing Ghandehari’s dealings with Iranian state-linked groups between 2013 and 2016. According to the ruling, he was the main investor behind a project to supply and build a fibre-optic cable carrying telecoms…
Original source: https://www.timesnownews.com/world
